Fuel Tank Access

[vorsprung]

Just following the advice of others, it was suggested to examine/replace the Anti Siphon Valve on my fuel tank as a possible root cause for my fuel starvation issue on my 2000 Larson 186SEi /w Johnson 150 O/B. So I got to work taking the screws out on the access panel, so far I got all the outside screws up but it appears there are some still screwed in in the middle of the access panel. I cannot for the life of me find these few screws buried in the carpet. I tried looking up old threads where others were getting that panel off to check/replace their fuel senders but none of the pictures showed where those screws were. Hoping that someone took a picture so they could refer back to it if they ever needed to get back in there.

Thanks!

 

[silverbul]

are those steel screws? magnet might help. jmo

 

[Scott Danforth]

Every boat was hand built, so each will be different.

Use a stud finder

 

[vorsprung]

are those steel screws? magnet might help. jmo

Unfortunately not, aluminum screws.

 

[airshot]

Unfortunately not, aluminum screws.

Really ??? Aluminum is really soft for a screw, mostly used for decoration. You might double check to be sure, I can't picture a mfgr using aluminum screws..

 

[JASinIL2006]

On my ‘97, I’m pretty sure the access screws were stainless steel. Aluminum would be too soft to screw into fiberglass stringers.

 

[vorsprung]

Got the fuel tank access panel off. Magnets and metal detectors were fairly useless, just had to keep feeling around. Unfortunately, it was a wasted effort. There is no ASV in my 2000, just a straight open elbow connector.

 

[silverbul]

bummer but now you know.